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institutional imperative

1.how an entire organization can rise up to help a boss justify some deal he’s inclined to do, regardless of its merit
2. any company’s inherent propensity to do dumb things (or avoid doing smart things) simply for the sake of doing them.
1. The stock market collapse was encourage by many respected investors by participating in the overarching fininacial industry institutional imperative of rolling over debt and reselling them as investments.
2. Warren Buffett in discusing the motivation of bankers and institutional leadership in a 1989 letter. Believes that Institutions are built to appease the wishes of a few in leadership positions, to the point that employees are convinced that they are justified in all of their actions regardless of the effect. Specifically in addressing the needs and motivation of bankers, who will encourage any deal regardless of merit.

2. “Don’t ask the barber whether you need a haircut.”"It was his thinly veiled dig at Wall Street bankers and the perverse incentive system for corporate “advice” on mergers and acquisitions — namely that bankers are paid only if a deal is completed. (Bankers typically earn nothing if a deal is abandoned or collapses, giving them little reason to recommend against pursuing a transaction.)"

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by Abcent Minded March 2, 2010
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Institutional Incompetence

How ever much money, time & training, large government departments and publicly run local bodies etc cannot get anything right.
For two weeks bad weather is forecast, 4 inches of snow falls, the country is ground to a halt, closed airports, railways, roads & schools, caused by institutional incompetence.
by Elle Kaye March 22, 2011
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Instigator

Someone who likes to fuck with people's lives more than they like to do anything else.
The instigator would rather fuck with somebody else's life or talk shit about it than tend to their own (if there was one to tend to, if it wasn't a facade of a life to show everyone).
by Solid Mantis December 2, 2020
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myspace investigation

To find out details about somebody's life by looking at their myspace.
"I was wondering if Joe was still dating Jane, so I did some myspace investigation and found out they broke up."
by lc30890 October 13, 2008
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D1 instigator

A person with all of their badges and degrees in instigating
Jason: He basically called you a bitch
Jamal: Bro your a D1 instigator
by Jo2Savage May 24, 2022
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instigator

a person who escalates a situation.
boy 1: Yo mama
boy 2: What did you say about my mama?
instigator: Oooh, he talking bout yo mama. Man i wouldn't take that if i was you!

messy agitator troublemaker provocateur meddler
by One Zooted Individual March 31, 2009
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